Hook-up Apps Are Dtroyg Gay Youth Culture | Time

Contents:

• HOOK-UP APPS ARE DTROYG GAY YOUTH CULTURE
• HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

HOOK-UP APPS ARE DTROYG GAY YOUTH CULTURE

Among gay men, two-thirds of hookups volved oral or anal terurse. Young gay men were the group most likely to hook up wh strangers. Comg out as gay my hometown of Muncie, Indiana, was not an easy thg to do, so I didn’t.

Like many LGBT folk, I flocked to a liberal universy a liberal cy to feel accepted, but I found gay muni closed-off to LGBT youth. We all crave nnectn and timacy, but there is nowhere for hly out young gay men to nnect. But stead of advancg the gay agenda of cln, I found the apps to perpetuate what people srn about LGBT: promiscuy, impersonal behavr, and sexually motivated nversatns.

When an troductn to gay culture is through a sex-based app, perpetuat the sex-based stereotype. Each datg app foc on a different mographic, wh OkCupid, Tr, and Grdr thrivg as probably the three most popular the mastream gay muny.

HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS

Gay men want those perfect relatnships that we see romantic-edi, stead of the ultimate fear of our generatn: beg alone.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

Homosexualy, while popularized by the media, is still nsired dangero to teach to our kids. We need rmed parents who unrstand how to support gay youth. We need llege-aged LGBT to actively work their state’s pals for gay marriage, harassment laws, and transgenr equaly.